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Enrollment
499
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLOUNT COUNTY·NCES 010042001476
Cleveland Elementary School
115 Stadium Dr, Cleveland, AL 35049 · (205) 775-2040 · Blount County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL499 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of Alabama public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
233 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 32 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (64).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
77.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
52.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 50% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Alabama's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cleveland Elementary School
Cleveland Elementary School's state test result (67.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Elementary School this school | 499 | 46.7% | 67.8% |
| Johnson Elementary School Athens | 475 | 47.8% | 54.3% |
| West Elementary School Cullman | 490 | 44.7% | 68.0% |
| White Plains Elementary School Anniston | 530 | 43.6% | 62.5% |
| Vinemont Elementary School Vinemont | 487 | 49.9% | 58.9% |
| Elsanor School Robertsdale | 375 | 50.4% | 54.8% |
Matched among Alabama elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cleveland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Blount County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #102 of 626 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #168 of 626 | #3 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #131 of 626 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 499 | #298 of 709 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #152 of 655 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.7% | #455 of 658 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.7% | #517 of 696 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.9% | #183 of 262 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
499
-2 (0%) vs 2020
+2% since 2000-01, when it was 487
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 18.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 499 | 32 | 15.6:1 | 47% (233) |
| 2023-24 | 513 | 31.5 | 16.3:1 | 58% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 513 | 30.5 | 16.8:1 | 59% (301) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 27 | 18.6:1 | 56% (279) |
| 2017-18 | 471 | 27.5 | 17.1:1 | 59% (277) |
| 2015-16 | 438 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 61% (265) |
| 2010-11 | 491 | 34 | 14.4:1 | 60% (296) |
| 2000-01 | 487 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 51% (250) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cleveland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (471 to 499); teachers up 16% (27.5 to 32).
About Cleveland Elementary School
Cleveland Elementary School is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Cleveland, Alabama. Its enrollment is 499 students, spread over pre-K through 6.
Cleveland Elementary School is one school in Blount County, a system of 14 schools with 7,600 students.
More than half of the students at Cleveland Elementary School are White (79%). The next largest groups are 18% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Blount County overall, about 88% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Cleveland Elementary School scores 35%.
Teacher count: 32 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.6:1. The gap from the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama is 1.4 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 47%. The figure for public schools in Blount County is close, at 48%.
Cleveland Elementary School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 90% of Alabama public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Cleveland Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Alabama schools. It scores 67.8%; the prediction is 50.0%.
In the wider Blount County area, median household income comes to about $64,190, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Across Blount County, 20 public schools serve about 8,980 students.
Cleveland High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Cleveland Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The ten-mile area around Cleveland Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 46.6% proficiency; Cleveland Elementary School posts 67.8%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Cleveland Elementary School enrolled 501; in 2024-25, 499. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.6:1.
This page is set up for the Cleveland Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Blount County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
59,518
Census ACS
Median income
$64,190
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
8,980 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Blount County
- Southeastern SchoolCombined · 822 students
- Hayden High SchoolHigh · 798 students
- Appalachian SchoolCombined · 699 students
- Blountsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 648 students
- Susan Moore Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Locust Fork ElementaryElementary · 534 students
Other schools in Cleveland
- Cleveland High SchoolHigh · 389 students
- Blount County Career Technical CenterHigh
- Blount County Learning CenterCombined
Other Cleveland Elementary schools
22 other US public schools in 15 states are named Cleveland Elementary. Cleveland Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 23.
- Cleveland ElementaryClayton, NC · 851 students
- Cleveland ElementaryStockton, CA · 587 students
- Cleveland Elementary SchoolElkhart, IN · 519 students
- Cleveland Elementary SchoolNorman, OK · 514 students
- Cleveland Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 507 students
Nearby schools
- Cleveland High School0.0 mi · 389
- Oneonta High School6.0 mi · 401
- Oneonta Elementary School6.0 mi · 663
- Oneonta Middle School6.0 mi · 316
- Blountsville Elementary School6.4 mi · 648
- Locust Fork High School6.4 mi · 417
Frequently asked questions
About Cleveland Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cleveland Elementary School?
Cleveland Elementary School enrolls approximately 499 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Cleveland Elementary School serve?
Cleveland Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cleveland Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cleveland Elementary School is approximately 15.6:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cleveland Elementary School?
At Cleveland Elementary School, the student body is approximately 79% White, 18% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Cleveland Elementary School public or private?
Cleveland Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Blount County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.